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Feast of Christmas; Reconciliation; hope and work for peace; Synod of Rome recently

Cathedral project phases 1-4; Cost £350,000 (equals 100 medium priced cars!); Appeal; Blackfriars Hall in Norwich on 3rd February 1978, Cardinal Hume and other patrons attending; requesting names and addresses of potential donors; hospital for cyst removal on 12 February

Lent and Holy Week; we are a cause of suffering to each other
(suggestion to priest: preface reading out the letter with the Bishop's personal words provided)

Christmas and preparations

National Pastoral Congress in Liverpool; 25 East Anglia representatives; no longer an infant diocese - growing; make clear what is required of us all

Good News; overload of "bad" news; live more generously, openly and honestly; facing the problems ahead; 78% of Cathedral restoration bills paid; delegation of 40 going to Liverpool

Easter

solemn sending forth of delegates to the National Pastoral Congress; our motto "Christi ministerio addictus"

He is with us; joys and sorrows; Bishops thoughts on the evils of today issued

prayer and penance; a time for return; 16 May - Day of the Diocese; 5 years as a Diocese; come to the Cathedral; renewal of Christian vocation

Easter greeting; Lent is the triumph of the Cross; Fr John Drury leaving for 5 years in South America

introduction by Bp Clark; Pastoral Letter: Holy Father comes in 6 months; plands bein gconsidered in Rome; Security costs money; no figures but bills to be paid; collection on 3rd January; Wembley Mass May 29th and Youth Event in Cardiff on 2nd June.

Bishops rarely write about themselves in their Pastoral Letters - more about how we stand with God; believing in the Good News; Lent is a time for loving; prepare for the Pope's visit; savage reactions in the Catholic Press; what is there to fear?; "The pilgrimage is hard going at times but the company is wonderful"

Passion Sunday and Holy Week; Holy Year to mark 1,950th anniversary of Christ's death; actions for self renewal; suffering all around you; open the door to someone in need

Christmas; this year different - violence, longing for peace; surrounded by sin; awareness of the forgiveness of God; grace of Redemption; need for response, need to repent; Pope in Synod in Rome - "The dimension of penance is missing in Christian Communities"; Advent is the time to fill this void; witness to those in despair; become a "fasting people" - penance, sacrifice, forgive; Reconciliation & absolution

self-examination of the heart; story of the Samaritan; "Gospel of Suffering"; entrusting ourselves into the hands of Mary

Bishop's heraldry on cover
More than just "fish-on-Fridays"; realism not kill-joy message; Diocesan Social Welfare Commission set up, chaired by Fr P Shryane; a new programme; more details to come

Bishop's heraldry on cover
Title is "I Love the Church"; 20 years since Second Vatican Council; Kipling verse - the what, why, when, how and who of the Church; seeking answers to those questions; training of ministers to enable both forms of communion

Bishop's heraldry on cover
Diocesan Youth Agenda - Youth Leadership course in Newmarket; strong feelings in young people about the church; cannot go back 25 years; circustances are so differernt today; appointment of a Youth Officer; whole of life is an ever-changing faith journey; major and imaginative change is needed; parishes to work with their commuities; responsibility for the young and their faith; joint workign between parishes and schools; make demands of the church - but not self-centred ones